On 27th January 2024, I was stopped on Herries Road in Sheffield by two South Yorkshire Police (SYP) officers who wanted to know my name. I started filming the encounter and they then got out of the car. They demanded my name again. I asked if I was suspected of committing a crime but they both refused to answer this simple question, meaning that I was not. They then stated that not giving them my name is suspicious and proceeded to be aggressive and intimidate me, and when I got afraid and told them to step back, they both grabbed my arms. The officer on the left grabbed my hand with my phone, which stopped recording, and the one on the right grabbed my right arm forcing it back until it caused severe pain, and at which point I gave them my name. I believe these meet the definition of torture.
I was of course not the person I was looking for and they only did this because they thought I was acting suspiciously when in fact I was just existing as someone who is autistic. They then lied to deflect their misconducts, and said the person they were looking for had a machete in an attempt to appeal to my emotions. They never searched my bag for a weapon. I reported the incident as a crime of torture but no criminal investigation has ever been carried out and their sergeant lied as well and again said the person they were looking for had a machete. SYP has never disclosed to me the body cam or other records relating to these events, and the name of both of the officers has also never been disclosed. The complaint in relation to these events was of course rejected completely in a standard letter where they got my name wrong.
I believe this incident gave me PTSD, and I thus turned my NIGYSOB (Now I’ve Got You, You Son of a Bitch) strategy and the full attention of GLITTER RESIST to SYP. A high risk strategy (as the later pictures of my injuries at the hands of SYP including on one occasion a black eye show), that I hope has succeeded in proving the level of corruption that exists in the British police, and of course the level of human rights violations that SYP and other police forces are happy to inflict on autistic people. As part of my activism in relation to this and other events I sent communications to the police that went right up to line in terms of a malicious communications, later resulting in a wrongful arrest and malicious prosecution, which will be the subject of a later blog.
I have recently attempted to bring legal proceedings against SYP in relation to these events but The Judiciary (and I believe also the Attorney General’s Office) have attempted to covertly deny me justice by abusing the administrative powers of the Court by putting the Claim in limbo to avoid the adverse publicity associated with a politically explosive Claim. I have had to file a Judicial Review at the High Court to make sure this Claim gets heard. The value of the Claim is estimated to be worth up to £90k.
In my Claim I allege that SYP has violated the following common law and statutory torts. Namely:
- common law assault and battery, false imprisonment, trespass to goods, and misfeasance in public office.
- §15 and §29 Equality Act 2010 (EqA).
- Articles 3, 5, 8 and 14 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) as incorporated in Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA).
Glitter Resist 